The Vale Press. 'The Amber Witch. Mary Schweidler, the most ...

Hammer

£320

The Vale Press. 'The Amber Witch. Mary Schweidler, the most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known,' Edited by William Meinhold and Translated by Lady Duff Gordon, printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father, Abraham Schweidler, the Pastor of Coserow in the island of Usedom, decorated by Charles Ricketts and printed at the Ballantyne Press under his supervision, with a beautifully decorated introduction page, uncut and unopened, original holland-backed blue boards, with title laid on front cover and spine, the handmade paper has darkened over the first three pages (possible reaction to the boards as the great majority of the pages are spotless), the buckram backstrip has darkened as have the laid on title pieces, the corners of the covers are bumped, a very good copy, Vale Press, London, 1903.